Carton with dispensing hole

Abstract

A paperboard blank for forming a carton for carrying a flexible plastic bag for holding a liquid product is provided. The carton has an aperture near the bottom of a side wall through which a dispensing mechanism of the bag can be extended. The carton has interlocking flaps for forming the bottom of the carton and fold lines for forming the various panels. The carton may have apertures in the top for the insertion of a handle. The rear wall of the carton has a locking flap for gluing or locking to the edge of left side wall to form the box structure. One of the walls has locking tabs at the top for insertion in locking slots on the edge of a top panel for holding the three top panels in place.

I claim: 
     
       1. A paperboard carton for carrying a flexible bag for holding a liquid product, the carton having a left side wall, connected to a front wall by a fold line, with the front wall connected to a right side wall by a fold line, with the right side wall connected to the rear wall by a fold line, which in turn is connected to a locking flap by a fold line, with the left side wall having an outside edge which is attached to the locking flap by attaching means, with each of the walls having a top and bottom, with bottom of each flap attached to interlocking flaps by a fold line, with the interlocking flaps forming the bottom of the carton, with the left side wall attached at its top to a left top panel by a fold line, with the top of the front wall attached to the center top panel by a fold line, with the top of the right side wall attached to a right top panel by a fold line and the rear wall attached to a pair of locking tabs by a fold line, with the center top panel having a top attached to a flap by a fold line, with the flap having a pair of locking slots into which the locking tabs are secured, with left top panel, center top panel and right top panel being folded to form the top of the carton, with the bottom of one of the side walls having an aperture for receiving a dispensing mechanism on the bag, wherein a flexible bag holding a liquid product is deployed, with the bag having a dispensing mechanism which projects through the aperture in the side wall for dispensing liquid, wherein the flexible bag includes a spout coupler in which a spout can be attached thereto, wherein the flexible bag has a dispensing opening that is attached to the spout coupler, wherein the spout coupler includes a bar that punctures the bag, forming the dispensing opening as the spout coupler is being attached to the spout coupler, wherein the spout includes a cap that couples to a dispensing end of the spout to help prevent small leaks from the bag and the cap is attached to a link that is attached to spout. 
     
     
       2. The paperboard carton of  claim 1  in which the attaching means for attaching the locking flap to the outside edge of the left side wall is glue. 
     
     
       3. The paperboard carton of  claim 1  in which the attaching means for attaching the locking flap to the outside edge of the left side wall are locks formed in the paperboard which lock the locking flap to the left side wall. 
     
     
       4. The paperboard carton of  claim 1  in which there are apertures in the top panels for a handle and means to secure the handle to the top panels. 
     
     
       5. The paperboard carton of  claim 1  in which the flexible bag has a top and bottom, with a handle on the top which projects through apertures in the top panels for carrying the carton with bag containing the liquid product.